Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [coord] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
| 2 | Before the double dais sat a small , slight , unimpressive man who frequently could not recall , sometimes could not hear and peered at the briefing books through wire-rimmed glasses . |
| 3 | Ellen , usually so quick with a scornful reply , just stood and stared at the elegant stranger who stopped one pace away from her , took her hand , then bowed above her fingers . |
| 4 | He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him . |
| 5 | He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame , letting it mesmerize him into memory . |